The Relation of Physical Fitness and School Success of Children with Intellectual Disabilities

Miloš Popović, Hana Valkova, Ružena Popović and Milan Dolga
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Miloš Popović: Palacky University, Faculty of Physical Culture, Department of APA (master study), Olomouc, Czech Republic
Hana Valkova: Faculty of Sport Studies, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Ružena Popović: University of Niš, Faculty of Sport and Physical Education, Niš, Serbia
Milan Dolga: Agency for Multivariate Data Analysis, “Smart-Line†- Novi Sad, Serbia

Global Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, 2019, vol. 6, issue 2, 23-30

Abstract: The concept of the integrated development has served as the foundation of a number of theories of child intellectual and motor development. The learning of motor skills requires total physical and intellectual involvement for greatest efficiency. Purpose in this study was to establish the relation among motor competence and academic achievement. Physical Fitness Tests (PFT) items scores were transformed into standardized z-score and have not established significant correlation with other variables within total sample of participants. However, when separate analysis were conducted to examine differences between boys and girls, the relationship was evident in girls, but not in boys. General Conclusion derived from results of this study do not support constant link between PET variables and common indices of School success. Continued research is needed to gain more causal understanding of the relationship between physical fitness and cognition in children with intellectual disabilities.

Keywords: Journal of Intellectual; Intellectual & Developmental; Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities; Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities; journal of intellectual disability research; journal of intellectual disabilities; journal of intellectual disability research impact factor; journal of intellectual property studies; open access publishers in usa; juniper publishers review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.19080/GJIDD.2019.06.555682

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